Folding candelabrum.



PATBNTED JAN. 24,1905.

T. MOGOVERN. FOLDING CANDELABRTTM AP1"LIOATION FILED novtlo. 1904.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

' PATENTED JAN. 324, 1905.

T. MOGOYERN. FOLDING GANDELABRUM.

APPLIOAT'ION FILED NOV. 10, 1904- 2 sun's-sum- 2.

Patented January 24, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS MoGOVERN, OFNEW YORK, N. Y.

FOLDING GANDEILABRUM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 780,758, dated January 24, 1905.

Application filed November 10,1904. Serial No. 232.208.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THoMAs'MoGovERN, a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Brooklyn, in the-county of Kings, in the city and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Candelabra, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the class of candelabra. generally employed by undertakers at funerals and which are required to have candle-bearing arms which, can be folded in close to the stem forconvenience in packing, storing, and carrying from place to place.

The present invention resides in the mannor of constructing and mounting the folding arms and in the means for locking them in both the open and folded positions.

In the accompanying drawings,wliich serve to illustrate an embodiment of the invention, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the candelabrum in its unfolded or operative condition, and Figs. 2 and 3 are respectively side and edge elevations of the same in its folded or inoperative condition. These views are taken at right angles one to the other. Figs. 4 and 5 are sectional detail views, on a larger scale, illustrating the construction of the locking dev1ce.

1 designates the foot or base of the candelabrum, and 2 the upright stem or standard thereof. On this stem is a fixed sleeve 3, and on the stem also is a runner-sleeve 4, which is slidable up and down. 5 5 are the lower and longer arms, and 6 6 the upper and shorter arms. These are hinged to the runner 4,- respectively, at 7 and 8, near its upper and lower. ends. Pairs of links 9 9 couple the lower arms 5, respectively, with the base 1 at 10, the said linksbeing pivotally coupled to the arms at 11 near the middle of their length. The upper arms are coupled to the lower arms by pairs of links 12 at the points 13, which are at equal distances from the runner 4. With this construction if we press down on the outer ends of the lower arms 5 these arms act as levers with the fulcrums at the points 11 and push upward the runner 4 to the position seen in Fig. 2, all of the arms folding in closely to the stem 2. Figs. 2 and 3 show clearly the position the parts assume in folding. On the ends of the arms are candleholders 14, and in-Fig. 1 candles 0 are shown in the holders. One holder is also mounted on the upper end of the stem 2. It will be noted that downward pressure on the upper arms will not affect the folding, as the fulcrum 13 is on the arm 5 between the points 7 and 11. The sleeve 3 is in the nature of a collar and serves to limit the extent of the down ward movement of the runner 4.

It is desirable that the parts shall be locked in both the unfolded and folded conditions, and this may be effected by any suitable looking means." That preferred is illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5 and will now be described.

On the upper end of the runner 4 is a locking-collar 15, rotatable on the runner and slidable with it on the stem. The runner has 'in it a circumferential groove 16, which is engaged by a pin or screw 17, Fig. 4, and this pin and groove secures the collar against separation from the runner. In the stem 2 is aslot 18, extending longitudinally, its

length corresponding to the extent of movement of the runner on the stem. A pin or screw 19 set in the collar engages this slot 18 and plays along the same as the runner moves up or down. At its respective ends the slot 18 has lateral locking branches 18, with which the pin 19 may be made to engage by turning the collar 15 about its axis on the runner when the latter is at either end of the travel.

Obviously the candelabrum may, if desired, be highly decorated and ornamented; but as such ornamentation forms no part of thethe present invention is not limited in this respect.

Obviously the runner 4 and sleeve 3 might be in one piece and slidable. This would merely transfer the stop-shoulder to the point where the links 9 are coupled to the base or foot.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. A folding eandelabrum, having a base, an upright stern on the base, a runner slidable on said stem, a lower pair of candleholding arms hinged to said runner, links hinged to the base at their lower ends and to the respective lower arms at their upper ends, an upper pair of candle-holding arms hinged also to said runner, and upright links coupling the respective upper and lower arms, substantially as set forth.

2. A folding candelabrum, having a base, an upright stem on the base, a runner slidable on said stem, a lower pair of candleholding arms hinged to said runner, links hinged to the base at their lower ends and to the respective lower arms at their upper ends, an upper pair of candle-holding arms hinged also to said runner, upright links coupling the respective upper and lower arms, and means for locking the runner in its terminal positions on the stem.

3. A folding candelabrum, having a base and upright stem, a runner 4, slidable on said stem, the arms 5 hinged respectively to opposite sides of the runner, the arms 6, also hinged respectively to the opposite sides 01'' the runner above the lower arms, the links 9, in pairs, coupling the lower arms to the base, the links 12, in pairs, coupling the respective upper and lower arms, candle-holders on the arms, and means for locking the runner in its terminal positions.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name, this 3d day of November, 1904, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS l\lcGOVERN,

Witnesses:

\VILLIAM H. JUHRING, SAMUEL J. COMFORT. 

